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tatah shvetair hayair yukte mahati syandane sthitaumaadhavah paandavashchaiva divyau shankhau pradadhmatuh // 1.14 //Then stationed in their magnificent chariot, yoked with white horses, Madhava(Krishna) and the son of Pandu (Arjuna) also blew their divine conches with a furiousnoise.paanchajanyam hrisheekesho devadattam dhananjayahpaundram dadhmau mahaashankham bheemakarmaa vrikodarah // 1.15 //Hrishikesha (Krishna) blew the conch, Panchajanya, Dhananjaya (Arjuna) blew theDevadatta and Bhima, the doer of terrible deeds, blew the great conch, Paundra.anantavijayam raajaa kunteeputro yudhishthirahnakulah sahadevashcha sughoshamanipushpakau // 1.16 //King Yudhishtira, the son of Kunti, blew the Anantavijaya, Nakula and Sahadeva blewthe Sughosha and Manipushpaka conches respectively.kaashyashcha parameshwaasah shikhandee cha mahaarathahdhrishtadyumno viraatashcha saatyakishchaaparaajitah // 1.17 //The king of Kasi, an excellent archer, Sikhandi, the mighty chariot-warrior,Dhrshtadyumna, Virata and Satyaki, the unconquered.drupado draupadeyaashcha sarvashah prithiveepatesaubhadrashcha mahaabaahuh shankhaan dadhmuh prithak prithak // 1.18 //Drupada and the sons of Draupadi, O Lord of the earth, and the son of Subhadra, themighty armed, blew their respective conches.sa ghosho dhaartaraashtraanaam hridayaani vyadaarayatnabhashcha prithiveem chaiva tumulo vyanunaadayan // 1.19 //The tumultuous sound of the conches pierced the hearts of the members of theDhritarashtra's side, making both the sky and earth resound.Bhishma understood the mental agony of Duryodhana. In order to cheer him up heroared like a lion and blew his conch which was misunderstood as a signal for<strong>com</strong>mencement of war. The Kaurava army blared forth their various conches andmartial musical instruments signifying the declaration of war from the side ofKauravas.In these verses Sanjaya had given the reaction of Pandavas to the war-cry raised fromthe opposite side and the names of various conches blown by the respective heroes.The most famous among them is the conch `Panchajanya' blown by Krishna. Theuproar seemed to penetrate the hearts of Kauravas deeply and abnormally because oftheir guilty conscience.
Metaphorically, the chariot represents the human gross body, the horses are the sensesand their reins are the mind that controls the senses. The charioteer is the guidingspirit or the Self or Atman in the human beings. Bhagavan Sri Krishna, the divinecharioteer, is the Self in all of us.By addressing Dhritarashtra as the lord of the earth (Verse 18) and hinting about thesuperiority of the Pandava side Sanjaya implied that as the ruling monarch he wouldtake a decision even at that catastrophic moment to preserve the integrity of thecountry from the impending ruinous warfare. But that was not to be.ARJUNA’S DESIRE TO SURVEY THE TWO ARMIESatha vyavasthitaan drishtwaa dhaartaraashtraan kapidhwajahpravritte shastrasampaate dhanurudyamya paandavah // 1.20 //hrisheekesham tadaa vaakyamidamaaha maheepate -1.21Then, O Lord of the earth, seeing Dhritarashtra's men being positioned and dischargeof weapons about to begin, Pandava (Arjuna), whose ensign was Hanuman, raisinghis bow, spoke the following words to Krishna.The critical situation prevailing just at that moment when the war was about to beginwas described. The hero of Mahabharata war, Arjuna, arrived at the battlefield.Tension prevailed everywhere. Crisis was at its zenith.Arjuna appeared impatient to fire the shot. He raised his bow to position it and at thatcrucial juncture he spoke to Krishna the following words which turned out to behistoric as the starting point for the dialogue between them in the form of the greatSrimad Bhagavad Gita.arjuna uvaachasenayor ubhayormadhye ratham sthaapaya me'chyuta // 1.21 //yaavad etaan nireekshe'ham yoddhukaamaan avasthitaankair mayaa saha yoddhavyam asmin ranasamudyame // 1.22 //Arjuna saidO Achyuta (Krishna) place my chariot in between both the armies so that I maysurvey those who stand here eager to fight. Let me know on the eve of this battle withwhom I have to fight.yotsyamaanaan avekshe'ham ya ete'tra samaagataahdhaartaraashtrasya durbuddher yuddhe priyachikeershavah // 1.23 //For, I desire to have a glance at those who are assembled here to fight, wishing toplease the perverted son of Dhritarashtra.Arjuna thus expressed his bravery, readiness, impatience, gallantry and determinationto face the battle. This is an important stage in the story because up to this timeArjuna was an invincible hero full of self-confidence and enthusiasm with no signs ofmental aberrations. However, a little later he became a <strong>com</strong>pletely changedpersonality.
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